call sign "PARROT"

Switchfoot · Post by **Switchfoot** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 1:00 pm

I recently had an opportunity to tour a mobile ATC set-up at a military airfield. The controller was showing us his radar screen and I was glancing at the flights in the area and came across "PARROT" at FL 600. Any military types here who can answer as to what type of aircraft that might be? U 2?

Switchfoot.

oldncold · Post by **oldncold** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:10 pm

likely a f22 raptor in super cruise enroute to "undisclosed location"

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Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:21 pm

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You shouldn't be posting that in the public forum, should you?

kevenv · Post by **kevenv** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:40 pm

Switchfoot wrote:I recently had an opportunity to tour a mobile ATC set-up at a military airfield. The controller was showing us his radar screen and I was glancing at the flights in the area and came across "PARROT" at FL 600. Any military types here who can answer as to what type of aircraft that might be? U 2?

Switchfoot.

Was it moving slowly in a tight circle? A Parrot is a computer generated target used to verify the alignment of the radar display. IE: if the "Parrot" is in the correct position -radial & DME (it was always at FL600), I can consider the radar correctly aligned. It stands for Position Adjustable Range Reference Orientation Transponder. We displayed it when I was in the military but it is hidden on my civil screen.

justwork · Post by **justwork** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:42 pm

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Why is it that most of your posts are blacked out? As is your username and location... I didn't even know that was possible.

daedalusx · Post by **daedalusx** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:16 pm

justwork wrote:
Why is it that most of your posts are blacked out? As is your username and location... I didn't even know that was possible.

He could tell you. But then he would have to ████ you ....

W0XOF · Post by **W0XOF** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:48 pm

kevenv wrote:
Switchfoot wrote:I recently had an opportunity to tour a mobile ATC set-up at a military airfield. The controller was showing us his radar screen and I was glancing at the flights in the area and came across "PARROT" at FL 600. Any military types here who can answer as to what type of aircraft that might be? U 2?

Switchfoot.
Was it moving slowly in a tight circle? A Parrot is a computer generated target used to verify the alignment of the radar display. IE: if the "Parrot" is in the correct position -radial & DME (it was always at FL600), I can consider the radar correctly aligned. It stands for Position Adjustable Range Reference Orientation Transponder. We displayed it when I was in the military but it is hidden on my civil screen.

+1 I can see them on NARDS when I zoom the display out. All at FL600 and share the same code (can't remember off hand). I was on a trip with a tech to one of the radar sites where he explained how they use the Parrot in maintaining the integrity of the Secondary Surveillance Radar. We then went to the Parrot site, looks like a small transmitter tower in line of sight with the radar.

Darkwing Duck · Post by **Darkwing Duck** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:26 pm

Not the coolest military call sign if it was.

ATC - "Parrot234, sqwak ident"
Parrot - "Sqwwwwaaaakkinng."

Changes in Latitudes · Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:41 pm

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I still want to know what this business is about.

iflyforpie · Post by **iflyforpie** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:00 pm

Changes in Latitudes wrote:
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I still want to know what this business is about.

I don't have a ████████ clue...

Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:06 pm

Appearently I could get into trouble just for quoting it so I'm going to just pretend I never saw it and try to forget the whole thing.

fleet16b · Post by **fleet16b** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:30 am

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you guys are a bunch of █████ freakshows

Doc · Post by **Doc** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:17 pm

It was Jimmy Buffett's Albatross riding a Hell of a thermal!

flyinggreasemonkey · Post by **flyinggreasemonkey** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:40 pm

I once took an ATC chick back to my place...she had this ███████ and she █████ with a █████ while ██████████ █████ pineapple██████████ couple of sheep.

Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:42 pm

Pineapple? Epic!

Darkwing Duck · Post by **Darkwing Duck** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 4:09 pm

flyinggreasemonkey wrote:I once took an ATC chick back to my place...she had this ███████ and she █████ with a █████ while ██████████ █████ pineapple██████████ couple of sheep.

Boy that story changes all the time. Last I heard it was a watermelon and 3 or 4 Tibetan yaks.

Panama Jack · Post by **Panama Jack** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 1:28 am

You guys are a bunch of

Changes in Latitudes · Tue Nov 01, 2011 6:21 am

Panama Jack wrote:You guys are a bunch of

Guilty as charged.

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